Sushil

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“This is the second or thrid novel by Harold Robbins that I read. Quite a mind blowing book and not just for the explicit sex. I dont think I found any other book by Harold Robbins as fascinating or gripping. Though this book made and kept me a fan of Harold Robbins for a long time.”

Sushil wrote this review Thursday, January 3 2008. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I discovered Solzhenitsyn through this book and have read it twice and am planning to read it again. I later read a lot of Solzhenitsyn's writings, but for the sheer force of the story, its analysis of human and political atmosphere of the time and its eternal humanism, it has few equals.

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Sushil wrote this review Monday, December 24 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“A very nice book, lovely language and unusual though plausible theme set in the backwaters of Bihar.

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Sushil wrote this review Wednesday, December 19 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“I grew up believing that only "pseuds" read Sartre and as such studiously avoided the existentialists in general and Sartre in particular inspite of various exhortions by close friends.

I picked up this book, which is a very lively account of Sartre and his life. This has really wetted my appetite for reading Sartre in the original.

I am just ruing the wasted time in having unncessarily built up this kind of negative attitude towards Sartre.

What all have I missed in life? What all have I permitted to flow past me without tasting?”

Sushil wrote this review Monday, December 17 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 4 stars

“I first saw the film and liked it and then read the book and enjoyed it ten times more.

Ken Kesey has explored the hidden side of all of us quite incisively in this study. ”

Sushil wrote this review Tuesday, December 11 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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“I wish reading of this book along with some of Hemingway's Natural History of the Dead and A Farewell to Arms was compulosry reading for all war mongers.”

Sushil wrote this review Saturday, December 8 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“This is one book I recommend to anybody with any interest in the making of modern India. The book looks pretty daunting, but once you start reading it, it grows on you. For people of my generation who at the best have had second hand experience of Nehru and cant help but hear all any number of people castigating him for all of India's present day ills and failing, one realises how hollow such rantings are. Nehru had width, depth, vision, and passion. A complete reading of this book along with his Autobiography should be the minimum requirement to be considered an educated Indian.

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Sushil wrote this review Sunday, December 2 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I understand that It took Sholokov 18 years to write this book. It took me about 2 months reading 3 - 4 hours every day sitting in my University Library reading room since this book was not for lending. I loved every moment of it. [br/][br/]I later got a chance to purchase for my personal collection but am yet to find the time to read it again.”

Sushil wrote this review Sunday, December 2 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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“The most mind blowing book I have read. The more you read it and think about it and reflect on its implications, the more you are impressed and get immersed. [br/][br/]Few people are aware (at least I was not untill much after I had read it) that this book is a satire on British society and polity in 1948.[br/][br/]1984, along with Animal Farm, and Down & Out in Paris & London are books I feel that every thinking and sensitive person should read”

Sushil wrote this review Tuesday, December 4 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“Its the only book on Gandhi which treats him like a human being with strengths and weaknesses, not like a demi god (or for a very few a scoundrel) he is generally made out to be.

The only other writer with a balanced view on Gandhi was Nehru in his references in his Autobiography and in Discovery of India.

This is one book I would recommed to everyone with interest in Gandhi, or Indian independence movement.”

Sushil wrote this review Thursday, November 29 2007. ( reply | permalink )